Person:Henry Bridger (1)

Henry Bridger gradually bought land which had formerly been part of the Shelley estates. By 1652, he owned most of the land in the parish of Warminghurst.^S5

1. ↑ The Bynes of Rowdell in Washington, co. Sussex. By Walter C. Renshaw, K.C., in The Geneaologist
   Volume XXIII, pages 1 to 11, 1907.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Will of Henry Bridger, Gentleman of Ashurst, Sussex, in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Probate Records, 1384-1858
   PROB 11/266/484 .

   A transcription:
   
   In the name of God Amen: I Henry Bridger of Ashurst in the County of Sussex gent this thirtieth day of July in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand sixe hundred fiftye and five knowing the brevity of mans life doe make and ordayne this my last will and Testament revoaking all former wills First I give and Comend my Soule to Almightie God my Creator and Jesus Christ my Redeemer by whome I trust to be saved And my body to be buryed in the buriall place at the Church of Worminghurst which I purchased of Mr Thomas Shelley  Alsoe I give to the poore of Worminghurst and Ashurst Twenty shillings to each parishe Alsoe I doe more give and bequeath to my sonne Henry Bridger and to the heires of his body all that Capital messuage and all those landes tenements and hereditaments lyinge in the parish of Shipley in the said County called Brookehouse land To have and to hold the same to hime and his heires accordinge to the uses in one deede Indented bearinge date The Tenth day of June in the yeare of our Lord one thousand sixe hundred thirtye and eight made betweene mee the said Henry Bridger of the one part and Hall Ravenscrofte of Horsham in the said County Esq of the other part are specified and conteyned Alsoe I give and bequeath to my youngest sonne James Bridger and his heires for ever all my freehold land with thappurtenances lyeinge in the parishe of Fyendon in the said County To have and to hold the same to him the said James Bridger and his heires for ever, Alsoe I give and bequeath to him the said James Bridger All my lease lands tenements and hereditaments with thappurtenances lyeinge in the parish of Patchinge in the said Countye called Sewtons(?) or by whatsoever other name the same be called or knowne To have and to hold the same to him the said James Bridger his Executors adminstrators and assignes for and Dureing doe longe tyme and terme of yeares as I have therein yett to come and [...] Alsoe I give unto all my other sonnes and daughters the sume of Five shillinges a peece of lawfull money of England, and noe more, for that they have their sevrall porcons in Lands and money assigned them already And I doe hereby make my said sonne James my whole and sole Executor of this my last will and Testament And I doe intreate my Loveing brother Hall Ravenscrofte Esq to be overseer of this my will, and to end all controversies and differences that may hereafter arise betweene any of my children concerninge the same In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & Seale the day above said Hen: Bridger Sealed published and declared in the presence of us Thos: delves Hall Ravenscrofte Mary Sheppard.
   
   [proved 17 Aug 1657]

3. ↑ Warminghurst Project
   [1].

   Mr. Henry Bridger Gent.

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Warminghurst: Manors and Other Estates, in Page, William; Susan M Keeling; Louis Francis Salzman; and C. P. Lewis. The Victoria history of the county of Sussex. (London: A. Constable, 1905-)
   Volume 6 Part 2, pages 52-54.
5.   Warminghurst: Economic History, in Page, William; Susan M Keeling; Louis Francis Salzman; and C. P. Lewis. The Victoria history of the county of Sussex. (London: A. Constable, 1905-)
   Volume 6 Part 2, pages 54-57.
6. ↑ Ashurst: Manors and Other Estates, in Page, William; Susan M Keeling; Louis Francis Salzman; and C. P. Lewis. The Victoria history of the county of Sussex. (London: A. Constable, 1905-)
   Volume 6 Part 2 pages 76 to 78.
7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 Renshaw, Walter Charles. Searches into the history of the family of Byne or Bine of Sussex. (London: Chiswick Press, 1913)
   page 63 fn. β.
8. ↑ Rice, Robert Garraway. West Sussex protestation returns 1641-1642. (Lewes, England: Sussex Record Society, 1906)
   page 24.
9.   Bannerman, William Bruce (ed.). The visitations of the county of Sussex: made and taken in the years 1530 by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms; and 1633–4 by John Philipot, Somerset Herald, and George Owen, York Herald, for Sir John Burroughs, Garter, and Sir Richard St. George, Clarenceux. (London: Mitchell & Hughes [for the Harleian Society], 1905)
   p. 156.
10.   National Archives
    SHR/329, 23 Mar 1652.

    Contents:
    (a) Henry Bridger of Ashurst, gent. and (b) Richard Bridger, gent., son and heir apparent.
    (1) (b) is granted house, its contents, farm and stock at Ashurst and
    (2) Divers lands by No. SHR/330 below for a portion on his marriage to Frances, daughter of Walter Burrell, esq.; in consideration for which:
    (3) (b) is to pay Frances, Adria and Jane, daughters of (a), £1000 each on marriage or coming of age, and to maintain and educate them.
    (4) If (a) should die within next year, (b) is to pay £300 to brothers Henry and James to be divided equally, if within 2 years them £200, or 3 years then £100.
    (5) (b) is to pay for board and schooling of brother James for next 1½ years.
    (6) (b) shall indemnify (a) concerning any agreements between the latter and Richard Juppe about a messuage and lands called Godsmarks.
    Witnesses: Ralph Beard, Ralph Mill, Thomas Potter.

11.   Dallaway, James. A history of the western division of the county of Sussex: including the rapes of Chicheser, Arundel, and Bramber, with the city of diocese of Chichester. (London: T. Bensley, 1815-32)
    2:2:265.